TV Trick #39 – It’s A Fake!

TV Trick #39 – It’s A Fake!

It's all fake!

I LOVE this trick. I've been doing it for years. I have a close-up version, a stand-up version and a stage version.

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A bit of histiry on this routine. The only time I ever saw this done was on television by the late Harry Anderson. Anderson was a magician/actor who starred on Cheers and later on Night Court. He 'grew up' professionally on the street, creating a con-man character named Harry the Hat.

Around the same time as his acting career started to take off, he continued to make appearances on television as Harry the Hat and it was on one of these specials that he did this routine. I loved it immediately but I couldn't find it anywhere in the literature. So I figured it out. Yes, I did. There are a few routines I've done over the years that I've been able to reverse-engineer. It's a knack I seem to have. Aother trick that comes to mind immediately is The Professor's Nitemare. That trick I figured out way back in 1976 from a description in a catalogue.

I hope you enjoy this card trick, but a word of warning before you watch -

It's all FAKE!

About Peter

Magician Peter Mennie is a veteran Corporate and Special Event entertainment professional presenting a Clean Comedy Magic Show for After Dinner, Gala, Awards Banquet, Corporate and Family Audiences across Canada.
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